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Hiring difficulty · Madison, WI

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians hiring difficulty in Madison, WI

Madison, WI scores 3.3 out of 10 for Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, in the standard band. That is a quieter market on this measure than the hard band, which starts at 7.0. This metro has a thicker supply of these workers than the national mix. The location quotient is 3.20 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 6.844 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs in the metro. That count is shown here and is not a score input. BLS projects 20.8 thousand openings a year for this occupation on a 343.0 thousand employment base in 2025, or 6.1 percent, and employment growth of 2.7 percent from 2025 to 2035. Those two national figures are the same in every metro for this occupation. The metro median is $59,090 a year, under the U.S. median of $62,930 and within 3 percent of the Wisconsin median of $60,670 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Wisconsin, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.7%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 34.3 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 2,790 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Madison. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places Madison at rank 63 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.

Public market difficulty score
3.3
Standard

Demand from national projections, the local pay premium, and a supply modifier. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$59,090
Wisconsin $60,670 · U.S. $62,930. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$77,760
Wisconsin $77,860 · U.S. $81,450. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
34.3 days
All industries, Wisconsin, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 115 thousand openings and 102 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
3.7%
All industries, Wisconsin, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
Not shown
No count for Madison. The CMS NPPES extract (retrieved September 28, 2026) was queried in Oklahoma and Texas cities only. Where a count is shown, it covers all provider types in the metro and is the same for every role.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Wisconsin. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 2,790 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 3.20. Jobs per 1,000 in the metro: 6.844. Metro area: Madison, WI.

PercentileMetroWIU.S.
25th$49,440$49,440$47,650
Median$59,090$60,670$62,930
75th$77,760$77,860$81,450

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentWeightInputScoreReading
Projected openings19.6%6.1%5.9Annual projected openings divided by 2025 employment, 20.8 thousand openings on a 343.0 thousand base. BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035. Higher rate, higher component. Scaled across the 20 occupations on this grid that have a projection.
Projected growth23.9%2.7%4.1Percent change in employment from 2025 to 2035. Same national figure in every metro. Higher growth, higher component.
Pay versus U.S. median43.5%0.94×2.4Metro median $59,090 divided by the U.S. median $62,930 for this occupation. Higher ratio, higher component. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages.
Location quotient8.7%3.200.0A thicker supply of these workers than the national mix. BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component, and only as a modifier. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages.
Statewide labor market4.3%3.7% · 34.3 days3.4Mean of two ranks among 51 states and DC: the December 2025 total-nonfarm openings rate (component 3.5) and the hiring pace (component 3.2). Same number for every role in Wisconsin.

Shown score 3.3 is the weighted average, rounded half up to one decimal. When this occupation is not a primary-care, dental, or mental-health match, the shortage weight is left out and the other weights are scaled to 100 percent. Full method